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Two poultry farms supply companies with chicken feeds. The unit costs of shipping from the farms to the companies are given in the table below. The farm's goal is to minimize the cost of meeting customers' demands. a) Generate a mathematical model for finding the least cost way of shipping chicken feeds from the farms to the companies. (b) if the demand of company number 2 increased by 3 units. By how much would the costs increase? Show your solution.  (c). Solve the total cost using the solver add-in in excel. From Company 1 Company 2 Company 3 Supply Farm A 55 65 80 35 Farm B 10 15 25 50 Demand 10 10 10

Two poultry farms supply companies with chicken feeds. The unit costs of shipping from the farms to the companies are given in the table below. The farm's goal is to minimize the cost of meeting customers' demands. a) Generate a mathematical model for finding the least cost way of shipping chicken feeds from the farms to the companies. (b) if the demand of company number 2 increased by 3 units. By how much would the costs increase? Show your solution.  (c). Solve the total cost using the solver add-in in excel. From Company 1 Company 2 Company 3 Supply Farm A 55 65 80 35 Farm B 10 15 25 50 Demand 10 10 10

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3. Two poultry farms supply companies with chicken feeds. The unit costs of shipping from the farms to the companies are given in the table below. The farm's goal is to minimize the cost of meeting customers' demands.

a) Generate a mathematical model for finding the least cost way of shipping chicken feeds from the farms to the companies.
(b) if the demand of company number 2 increased by 3 units. By how much would the costs increase? Show your solution. 
(c). Solve the total cost using the solver add-in in excel.

From Company 1 Company 2 Company 3 Supply
Farm A

55

 65 80 35
Farm B 10 15 25 50
Demand 10 10 10  

 

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